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teaching kids about september 11th and osama bin laden

Posted by Laurie Moulton
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on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 in history

September 11th.  My son was born on September 11th, not THE September 11th, but 9/11 is his birthday.  I see the reaction of adults whenever he says the date of his birthday.  It is usually a simple “oh.”  My boys know very little about the details of September 11th, just a few of the basics:  there were some bad guys that flew airplanes into buildings.  There were also some heroes, heroes in the air and on the ground.  Heroes like Todd Beamer (from my graduating class at Wheaton College), and heroes like the police officers and firefighters of New York City.

The acts of terror on 9/11 were acts of pure evil.  The one responsible for those acts is now gone.  The attacks on September 11th resulted in the loss of many innocent lives.  The recent news of Osama bin Laden’s demise resulted in the loss of only one, the perpetrator of those evil plans.

I don’t want my children to think that we are rejoicing because someone was killed (actually, as they hear snippets of the news, we’re focusing on the “they got him” aspect).  Yet I do want them to rejoice when good prevails over evil.  Kids are very black and white.  Today I can say the good guys won.

It is with these thoughts in mind that I will be planning our family night this week.
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My name is Laurie, and I am the author of the Family Theme Night Blog and two books (Let the Adventure Begin: Theme nights for Families with Young Children, and Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners). I am also the mom of two boys, Drew (age 8) and Stephen (age 6). As a family, we have been doing family fun nights based around different themes since the boys were four and not quite two. I have put together lots of fun, easy and inexpensive ideas. We have enjoyed the adventure, and I want share these activities and resources with you!

More about me:

The boring stuff (my “credentials”):

I’m a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Nazareth College (NY) with degrees in elementary education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Before becoming a mom, I loved the challenge of teaching in the Rochester City School District.



The fun stuff:

• I love to travel (although I’ve traded European adventures for camping trips and amusement park visits).

• I consider swiss chocolate paired with a novel to be absolute bliss.

• I think hiking and geocaching with my family is a blast (until the boys get tired and cranky, but the first part of the hike is always fabulous!).

• My ideal getaway is a quaint bed and breakfast enjoyed with my wonderful husband.

• I actually love watching football and look forward to setting up my fantasy team every year (although it is a bit of a drag to be a Bills fan these days).

• I’m a huge Anne of Green Gables fan—I even convinced my husband to take me to PEI for our honeymoon!

• Besides planning and writing about our family theme nights, I enjoy teaching Sunday School and coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team.

• I love experimenting in the kitchen.

• I really do treasure every moment I spend with my family—especially our family fun nights!
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